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1995
Petrographic investigation of the Nacimiento Formation, southern San Juan Basin, northwest New Mexico
K. W. Holmes1 and L. J. Crossey1 1Dept. of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 The San Juan Basin is a Laramide-age broken foreland basin in northwestern New Mexico. The
Vertebrate paleontology and biochronology of the Santa Rosa Formation, Sante Fe County, north-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, A. B. Heckert2 and S. G. Lucas2 1Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 173364, Denver, NM, New Mexico, 80217-3364 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801
Secondary crystallization in the Tshirege Member of the Bandelier Tuff
Marty Horn Dept. of Geology, UT Arlington, Arlington, TX, 76019 The Tshirege member (Qbt) of the Bandelier Tuff is the youngest (ca. 1.0 Ma) large volume volcanic rock in the Jemez Mts.of northern New Mexico.
Origin and distribution of calcite cementation in the Zia Formation, Sante Fe Group, Albuquerque Basin
Joseph R. Beckner Department of Geoscience New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 Calcite cemented zones in the Miocene Zia Formation of the lower Santa Fe Group exhibit a I wide range of morphologies, from isolated
PLEISTOCENE (RANCHOLABREAN) VERTEBRATE FOSSILS FROM SAND AND GRAVELS PITS NEAR ROSWELL, CHAVES COUNTY, NEW MEXICO
Gary S. Morgan1 and Lucas Spencer1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New Mexico, 87104 Fossil vertebrates occur in Quaternary alluvium exposed in commercial sand and gravel pits in
Arsenic enrichment during potassium metasomatism and hydrothermal processes in the Socorro, NM, area: Implications for tracing ground-water flow
Nelia W. Dunbar1, C. E. Chapin1 and D. J. Ennis1 1Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801, nelia@nmt.edu The As content of rocks in a large area around Socorro, New
Fault-related controls on the permeability of poorly consolidated Sante Fe Group units
John M. Sigda Hydrology Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Fault-related slip deformation and diagenesis alter the permeability of the parent sedimentary basin fill by changing the pore size distribution
Preliminary results of modeling the shallow aquifer, Mortandad Canyon, Los Alamos National Laboratory, New Mexico
William J. Stone DOE Oversight Program, Ground Water Protection & Remediation Bureau, New Mexico Environment Department, NM Mortandad Canyon receives effluent from Los Alamos National laboratory’s liquid radioactive-waste treatment facility at Technical Area 50 (TA-50).
Paleogeographic, volcanologic, and tectonic significance of the upper Abiquiu Formation at Arroyo del Cobre, New Mexico
Gary A. Smith Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Detailed study of the sedimentology and petrography of the upper member of the Abiquiu Formation at Arroyo del Cobre,
Sedimentologic and temporal relaionships between volcanic and volcaniclastic rocks of the Keres Group, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico
Alexis Lavine Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 Miocene (Kres Group) volcanism in the Jemez Mountains of north-central New Mexico displayed a wide range of eruptive activity and
“Coelophysis”, Rioarribasaurus, and the stratigraphy and biochronology of the upper Chinle Group in north-central New Mexico
Andrew B. Heckert1, S. G. Lucas2, R. M. Sullivan3 and Adrian P. Hunt4 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801
An overview of porphyry copper deposits in New Mexico and adjacent regions
D. Hack1, V. T. McLemore2 and W. X., Jr. Chavez3 1New Mexico Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources and Department of Mineral and Environmental Engineering, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801
Outcrop expression and significance of the TR-4 unconformity in west-central New Mexico
Andrew B. Heckert1 and Spencer G. Lucas2 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131 2New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, 1801 Mountain Road NW, Albuquerque, NM, New
Patterns of cementation along a Cenozoic normal fault: A record of paleoflow orientations
Laurel B. Goodwin1 and Peter S. Mozley1 1Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Tech, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Sand Hill fault is a steeply dipping normal fault that cuts poorly consolidated sediments of the Albuquerque Basin,
Tectonic controls on the distribution of hydrostratigraphic and lithofacies subdivisions of the middle and upper Sante Fe Group in the northern Albuquerque Basin
John W. Hawley New Mexico Bureau of Mines & Mineral Resources, 2808 Central SE, Albuquerque, NM, 87106 Internal structure of the northern Albuquerque Basin is characterized by a deep, asymmetrical (half-graben) basin that is tilted
Vertebrate taphofacies of the upper Triassic (Rhaetian) Redonda Formation, east-central New Mexico
Adrian P. Hunt1, A. B. Heckert2, S. G. Lucas2, M. G. Lockley1 and Paul L. Sealey2 1Department of Geology, University of Colorado at Denver, Campus Box 173364, Denver, NM, New Mexico, 80217-3364 2New Mexico Museum
Permeability, porosity, and grain-size distribution of Pliocene and Quaternary sediments of the Albuquerque Basin: Outcrop studies and subsurface investigations
Daniel M. Detmer Department of Geoscience, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Socorro, NM, 87801 Outcrop studies allow valuable observation and measurement of the characteristics of similar deposits occurring in the subsurface, including permeability
Quaternary geologic framework of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, New Mexico
Sean D. Connell1 and Stephen G. Wells1 1Department of Earth Sciences, University of California, Riverside, CA, 92521 Detailed quaternary geologic mapping of the Sandia Mountains piedmont, from Las Huertas Creek to Embudito Canyon, provides evidence
A Sauropod from marine shales in Shiprock, New Mexico
C. H. Whittle General Delivery, Shiprock, NM, 87420 Rocks referable to the Lower Mancos Shale, Upper Cretaceous, are exposed throughout the town of Shiprock, New Mexico. These deposits typically yield marine invertebrates, most notably Inoceramus.
Recovery of garnet and sphalerite from Hanover Mill tailings, Grant County, New Mexico
Ulvi Cetin Minerals and Environmental Engineering Department, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology, Campus Station, Socorro, NM, 87801 The Hanover Mill Tailings were produced by Empire Zinc Mine at Hanover, Grant County, New Mexico.
A new late Cretaceous decapod crustacean assemblage from Carthage, New Mexico
Elizabeth K. Toolson1 and Barry S. Kues1 1Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM, 87131-1116 Abundant and diverse crustaceans occur in upper Turonian shallow marine sandstones of the Fite Ranch
Allochthonous nature of the lower Mississippian Waulsortian mounds in the Sacramento Mountains, New Mexico
Katherine A. Giles Department of Geological Sciences, New Mexico State University, Las Cruces, NM, 88003 Waulsortian mounds comprise a distinctive assemblage of carbonate facies organized into a mounded geometry and apparently confined stratigraphically to the
Additions to the vertebrate fauna from the upper Cretaceous (lower Campanian) Allison Member, Menefee Formation, southeastern San Juan Basin, New Mexico
Thomas E. Williamson1 and P. L. Sealey1 1New Mexico Museum of Natural History, 1801 Mountain Road, NW, Albuquerque, NM, 87104 The Upper Cretaceous (upper Santonian -middle Campanian) Menefee Fonnation has a poorly known vertebrate record
Geochemistry of Carlsbad Cavern pool waters
Jeffrey R. Forbes Daniel B. Stephens & Associates, 6020 Academy NE, #100, Albuquerque, NM, 87109 Carlsbad Cavern contains dozens of pools of standing water that lie at depths ranging from 500 feet to 1100 feet